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What the default retention period is

The default retention period is assigned to a WORM file on a SnapLock volume if the file was not explicitly assigned a retention period.

The initial value of the default retention period is equal to the maximum retention period on SnapLock Compliance volumes and the minimum retention period on SnapLock Enterprise volumes. Any changes in these values change the default retention period.

You cannot explicitly assign an infinite retention period to the file. You can set infinite retention for a file by setting the default retention period of the SnapLock volume to infinite. However, you can extend the retention period of a WORM file to infinite.

Note: Any attempt to explicitly set the retention date of the file before committing it to the WORM state will cause the file to be retained for that specified period. The file will not be retained for an infinite period.

In a scenario, where the volume ComplianceClock lags behind the system time, if the retention time specified for a file (atime) is less than the ctime of the file, the file gets committed to WORM for the default retention period of the volume.